Here's a thought, change the locks to what works and call it a day. Inmates won't give up the answer for something they are already given. Next you'll promise them sleep, air and water. Whatever you do, don't give them a guard who'll walk by making sure they are still there. They might enjoy that.

Not long after Andy deprived us of his company, I got a postcard in the mail. It was blank and covered in steaksauce, but the postmark said Fort Hancock, Texas. Fort Hancock... right on the border. The land of Chipotle. That's where Andy crossed. When I picture him heading south in his own car with the top down, Five Guys Burgers' french fries in hand, it always makes me laugh. Andy Dufresne... who crawled through a river of shiat and came out clean on the other side with a T-Bone Steak. Andy Dufresne... headed for the Golden Corral.

I believe thhey do, but it's the standard 3 meals/day of stuff you'd put up with in a school cafeteria. Cases of pop, gatorade, candy, cup noodles, and other stuff they can keep in their cells they have to pay for with chits they earn from labor. That's the food they'd be getting for free.

The lock issue isn't blown out of proportion, the locks they use not are literally door decorations as they can be bypassed anytime the prisoner's wish.

My prediction, no inmate can "bypass" the lock. But the idiots gave the "experienced door breakers" a preview of the new locking system and they already worked out the way to bypass it. Once the locks are replaced in the entire facility, the experienced inmates make a ton of prison cash selling the secret. A week after installation the first beating and/or death is reported using the new locks.

What prisoner wants "extra food" when they cna simply keep the secret and sell it to other prisoners for much more?

FTR. The Fulton County Hoosegow is one of the least secure lockups ever. Guns and drugs are smuggled in constantly and at least 5 guards have been arrested for aiding the shenanigans. The jailer figures he'll test a few lock designs out before installing.